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Public Notices and Documents for Review
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) requests public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, adoption of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads), NPDES permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, Site Cleanup Requirements, Enforcement Orders, California Environmental Quality Act documents and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. In addition, you will find links to pages containing support materials (fact sheets, regulation text, etc.) below the public notices.You may also visit the Water Board Meeting Calendar for information about comment periods, public hearings and meetings.
Decisions
- Board Meetings
- Basin Planning and TMDLs
- Agriculture
- NPDES
- Enforcement Actions
- Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board
- Site Cleanup
- Section 401 Water Quality Certification
- Storm Water
Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings
- California Water Code
- California Code of Regulations
- Title 23. Waters
- Title 27. Environmental Protection
How to Participate
Board Meetings
Basin Planning and TMDLs
Tomales Bay Mercury TMDL: A draft resolution, TMDL and staff report are available for public comments. Comments are due April 10, 2012.
The Public Notice and documents for review are available at the TMDL project page.
Agriculture
There are currently no Agricultural Public Notices
NPDES
- For public notices and draft documents for review on NPDES related matter, please see Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board.
Site Cleanup
12319 San Pablo Ave, Richmond
The Regional Water Quality Control Board is notifying the community about ongoing and proposed environmental investigation and cleanup activities associated with a property located at 12319 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, California and invites public comment on the March 9, 2012 Revised Feasibility Testing Summary and Corrective Action Plan (CAP) prepared for the subject site. The 30-day comment period runs from April 9, 2012, until May 9, 2012.
Former BP Service Station No. 11153
This is a public notice being provided to nearby landowners and residents/occupants as well as other interested persons. It describes site background, past work to investigate and clean up site contamination, next steps, the Water Board's oversight process for the site, and how you can obtain more information.
Section 401 Water Quality Certification
On September 2, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) received an application from Skywalker Properties Ltd. requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401, Water Quality Certification (certification)for the Grady Ranch Precise Development Plan. On March 6, 2012, the Water Board received a revised application from Skywalker Properties Ltd. modifying the project description for the Grady Ranch Precise Development Plan. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Riley at 510-622-2420, or via email at ALRiley@waterboards.ca.gov. Comments on the Application must be submited by April 27, 2012.
- 401 Application
- Revised Project Description
- Preliminary Study
- Preliminary Hydrology Report
- Geomorph Assessment, Balance Hydrologics
- Sediment Transport Memo
- SCA, Balance Hydrologics
- Stream Restoration and Monitoring Plan
- Conceptual Restoration Feasibility and Access Memos
- Grady Channel Conditions Downstream
- Grady Groundwater Monitoring Report
- Grady Ranch Flow Duration Memo
- Grady Ranch Stream Restoration Approach
- Grady Simulation of Groundwater Effects
- Regional Analogs Memo
- Stream and Valley Floor Restoration Vision
- Upper Miller Creek Channel Stability Memo
- 75 Percent Designs
- Cover Letter
- Basis of 75% Design for Stream Restoration
- Basis of 75% Design for Grady Ranch Bridges 2012-01-26.pdf
- Basis of 75% Design for Grady Ranch Fire Roads
- Draft Sizing Calculations For Runoff Management Improvements
- 75% Designs File 1
- 75% Designs File 2
- 75% Designs File 3
- 75% Designs File 4
- 75% Designs File 5
- 75% Designs File 6
- 75% Designs File 7
- 75% Designs File 8
- 75% Designs File 9
- 90 Percent Designs
- Cover Letter
- 90% Design Submittal Checklist
- Basis of 90% Design for Stream Restoration
- Basis of 90% Design for Grady Ranch Bridges
- Basis of 90% Design for Grady Ranch Fire Roads
- 90% Designs File 1
- 90% Designs File 2
- 90% Designs File 3
- 90% Designs File 4
- 90% Designs File 5
- 90% Designs File 6
- 90% Designs File 7
- 90% Designs File 8
- 90% Submittal Set-Specifications
- Final Grady Ranch Native Grassland Report
- Grady Ranch Flow Duration Memo
- Grady Ranch Hydrology Summary
- Grady Ranch Monitoring Plan
- Table 1 Cut-Fill
- Tree Survey Report
- Tree Replacement Report
On December 9, 2011, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., submitted a Mitigation and Monitoring Plan, Old Homestead Wetland and Riparian Enhancement, Lynch Canyon, Solano County, to mitigate stream channel impacts associated with the proposed Walters Road Development Project in Suisun City. The proposed MMP is exempt exempt from CEQA under Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, section 15333.
On July 27, 2010, San Jose Water Company submitted a revised application for water quality certification for the Ostwald Dam Rehabiiliation Project, on Los Gatos Creek. The project was subsequently reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildliife Service and issued a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Water Board is proposing to issue certification for the project.
On February 2, 2012, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) received an application from the East Bay Zoological Society, requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401, Water Quality Certification (certification) and Waste Discharge Requirements for activities associated with upgrading the stormwater management infrastructure at the Oakland Zoo.
On February 9, 2012, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) received an application from the California Coastal Conservancy (Applicant) requesting Federal Clean Water Act Section 401, Water Quality Certification (certification) for activities associated with subtidal restoration and monitoring of the pilot project San Francisco Bay Living Shorelines. The comment period is now closed.
Urban Stormwater
A Revision for the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit is Now Available Here.